>> Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch> said: >>>>> "Horst" == Horst
>> Rubbish, the kernel should never get even close to functions
>> provided from outside the kernel source tree.
Horst> Why not? I understand you can't link the kernel with libc, and
Horst> most (if not all) utility libraries simply make no sense in the
Horst> kernel's job. libgcc is a library that provides seldom-used
Horst> parts of the C language as functions, to which the compiler
Horst> generates calls as needed.
Because you end up losing control of what code is being compiled into
the kernel. Someone will modify a compiler which will then have a
different version of the routine in libgcc.a (or equivalent).
Jes
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